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SugarGlider

(Petaurus breviceps)

Natural history The sugar glider is native tonorthern and eastern Australia,

New Guinea, and surroundingislands. This arboreal nocturnalcreature spends its days in leaf-lined nests in tree hollows.Sugar gliders are etre!elysocial and vocal.

Taxonomy "lass #a!!alia

$nterclass #arsupialia

%rder &iprotodontia ('angaroo, wallaby, 'oala, wo!bat) a!ily etauridae (posso! species)

Diet ree-ranging gliders feed on insects, larvae, arachnids, and s!allvertebrates during the spring and su!!er. lant products such as sap,blosso!s, and nectar !a'e up the bul' of the diet during the autu!n andthe winter wet season. There are a nu!ber of captive diets reco!!endedfor gliders. The co!!only reco!!ended diet listed below co!es fro! theTaronga *oo. The following recipe feeds two ani!als+

Apple ( g)

ananacorn ( g)

Grapes'iwi ( g)

ear (/ g)

#elon (/ g) %range with s'in (0 g)

Sweet potato ( g)

&og 'ibble (1.2 g)

ly pupae (1 tsp)

3eadbeater4s !iture (/ tsp) &ay-old chic', when available (once wee'ly)

3arge insects, !ealwor!s once wee'ly

3eadbeater4s #i+

125 !l war! water

125 !l honey

1 shelled boiled egg

/2g high protein baby cereal

1 tsp vita!in!ineral supple!ent

155!g calciu! carbonate

#i water and honey. $n a separate container, blend egg until ho!ogeni6ed,then gradually add vita!in!ineral powder, then baby cereal, blending aftereach addition until s!ooth. 7eep refrigerated. The !iture can be fro6en inice cube trays.


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Husbandry Sugar gliders are social ani!als that nor!ally live in groups of five to twelve.These groups are eclusive and territorial, and introduced gliders !ay beattac'ed.

Solitary gliders re8uire at least 1-/ hours of hu!an attention daily. rovideas large a cage as possible li'e a tall aviary wire cage. 9ire spacing should

be no !ore than 1.5 5.2 in (/.2 1. c!). "age furniture should includeite!s for visual security (i.e. hide bo, sleeping pouch) as well as eerciseand enrich!ent (i.e. branches, shelves, solid running wheel, swings, andbird toys). rovide supple!ental heat during the winter !onths.

Normalphysiologicvalues

"loacal Te!perature :;.


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Scruff

>estrain through a s!all cotton bag or pouch

$nhalant anesthesia

Venipuncture 3arger volu!es+ Bugular vein, cranial vena cava C- tibial artery S!aller volu!es+ 3ateral saphenous, lateral coccygeal, cephalic,

and fe!oral veinsreventivemedicine

Annual physical ea!ination &ental prophylais as needed

!mportantmedicalconditions

Alopecia, stress-related

acterial enteritis

"ataracts

"loacal or rectal prolapse

&ental disease

Dncephalo!alacia, hypovita!inosis D

#alnutrition

Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidis!

%besity Self-!utilation of the penis and scrotu!

Trau!atic inEury

Frinary tract infection, urolithiasis

Re"erences

"arboni &, Tully TN. #arsupials. $n+ #anual of Dotic et ractice. #itchell #A, Tully TN (eds).Saunders, St. 3ouis, /55;. p. /;;-/2.

Bohnson-&elaney ". eeding sugar gliders. Dotic 1(1)+0, 1;;:.

3enno A#. D!ergency and critical care procedures in sugar gliders, African hedgehogs, andprairie dogs. et "lin North A! Dot Ani! ract 15(/)+2-222, /55?.

#acherson ". Sugar Gliders. Hauppauge, NI+ arronJs Dducational Series 1;;?.

#itchell #A. iology and !edicine of the sugar glider. roc North A!er et "onf /555. . 1510.

Ness >&. $ntroduction to sugar gliders. roc North A!er et "onf 1;;;. p. :


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